Radio Show:Top 30 USA with Machine Gun Kelly 8 SHOWS

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If you are like me, and have been a music fan your whole life, and grew up in the greatness of the 50's and 60's, and loved not only the music but the dj's - the Arnie Ginsburgs, Johnny Dark, Johnny Holliday, Murray the K, Allan Freed,  Dick Summer, Dick Clark, and all the famous names of the time,  then you probably started like I did.  I discovered the Crusin Series.  The Cruisin series took a year of rock from 1955 through 1969 and featured a famous dj for each year. The dj replicated his show complete with commericals, jingles, promotions, and the like.  They were great!  I listened to each of them until the grooves are hardly there anymore!  Then I discovered radio shows that were the ACTUAL shows and you could get them for all the famous syndicated dj's and every one was different and unique.  I was hooked!  And, if you weren't you will be when you discover these shows for yourself.  Now you may not get hooked on them as I did - I own thousands and thousands and more thousands of them.  They live in my guest bedroom, my record room, they live in every available nook and cranny of my home.  My wife hates me!  But, you can have some of them and probably maintain your marriage and your hobby!     This show is one of the best.  One of the things this GREAT Weekly pop music countdown show,  Top 30 USA with Machine Gun Kelly,   that most distinguished it, was that CBS Radio Entertainment  spared nothing in giving week after week the best music and features of any weekly top hits countdown show.  There was a lot of competition for audience because of all the countdown shows, so CBS took one of the biggest stars of radio - Machine Gun Kelly, and combined it with a great format.  M.G. Kelly has been one of America's most popular dj's and producers since radio shows that were syndicated started.  One of his biggest producing credits is the famous "Live From The 60's with the Real Don Steele", an extremely rare show that recreated a year of the 60's every hour as if it were live.  Talk about innovation and creativity and MG Kelly will always be there.     Each week's show contained not only the top 30 of the week but a featured artist theme. This weekend as I was listing some shows on ebay for you all, I had one of the Top 30 USA  shows on my turntable and I continue to marvel at how great the production values were for this show.   AND, I was listening to one of my favorite artist spotlights - the Everly Brothers.  I do not think I have fully described how in depth these artist spotlights are.  The one on the Everly Brothers ran almost 10 minutes, included six or seven different of their songs (in part) along with one full song, and several interview spots throughout the segment.  It is a show in itself and stands alone and it is just a segment.  This show really had everything.  There are also great interviews and other unique features.  It was a super, super show.      See for yourself!  If you liked the 80's, you will love Top 30 USA.    Other countdown shows of this era included Dick Clark and Rick Dees and of course there was Casey who always ruled the ratings,    but he relied on his personality.  The commercials absolutely killed you.   Believe me!  Buy an American Top 40 and see for yourself.         You often heard one or at the most two songs for each segment and then minutes and minutes and minutes and minutes of commercials.  When you buy these radio shows you get commercials, Casey, and then the music.  That's not the way it is supposet to be.     The music is what drives the shows and then after that you want the interviews.   Casey gave you commercials, features and then music and rarely interviews.    .  So why do Casey shows sell for so much?  I don't know to tell you the truth.  This show gives you everything - music, interviews, special features and personality.   You won't get a long distance dedication which was always so phony and written by Casy's staff  (Casey is not that smart)   but you will get real interviews and real music.               This show comes  on three BEAUTIFUL stereo virgin vinyl records that look like the day they were pressed.  This baby was played once and once only, the day it was aired (or not at all).  The records themselves are very attractive with  the Top 30 logo over the top and on the bottom the program information and the CBS logo.  It is enclosed in an attractive album with the CBS Radio Radio logo emblazoned across the front.        The cue sheets are in excellent condition.     The entire show was syndicated on the CBS Broadcasting System.  This is truly a vintage and special show and belongs in your collection.  In addition, to the top 30  you will hear may features and inteviews that will blow your socks off.  If you like 80's music, this is the show for you. If you like 50's, 60's and 70's music, this show is also for you because of the many feature songs that go back to other years bringing back even more memories.    The national commercials are included on this show and beleive me, from 23 years ago, they are fun to hear again.  We have come a long way, baby!  THESE SHOWS ARE PARTICULARLY RARE because they  go back to the beginning of the second and third years the show was in production.  Even the packaging for these shows are different.  They came in a yellow album with the logo across the front and the albums in pockets in the open up album covers.  Please note that I have had to charge a bit more for each album because of how old they are and rarer and harder to come by.  It took me many years to get these older shows; in fact the series itself older or newer is very hard to find.   Not convinced yet?  Well, here are EIGHT GREAT SHOWS  for you from this wonderful series from 1984 to 1986, spread out to give you the best variety:        #62/84 airing on September 7, 1984                                #115/85 from September 13, 1985;                                      #124/85 from November 15, 1985;                              #80/85 from January 11, 1985,                              #70/84 from November 2, 1984,                                   #61/84 from August 31, 1984,                           #106/85 from July 12, 1985,                            and                        #135/86 from January 31, 1986           One of these great shows, from  September 7, 1984, will be listed for you and each of these shows are just as fantastic!   The feature songs  on this show were        You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,                           the Top 30 USA Feature - part of an over 17 minute segment of the show,                              Long Cool Woman - Hollies,                           Yellow Submarine - Beatles                        and                           House of the Rising Sun - Animals.                WOW!   And Machine Gun Kelly did it every show just like this.  It is like getting a countdown show and and oldies show all in the same show plus all of Machine Gun's features.  If I didn't like Dick Clark so much, I would say that this is the best countown series ever to run on American radio.                     OK?  Here we go, the Top 30 for the week of  September 7, 1984 along with all the extras!                                   Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr,                                                The Lucky One - Laura Branigan,                                     There Goes My Baby - Donna Summer,                                   Jump - Pointer Sisters,                               In The Name of Love - Ralph McDonald and Bill Withers,                                   Bullish - Herb Alpert,                                    You Were Made For Me - Irene Cara,                                Second Chance - Paul Anka,                                   A Chance For Heaven - Christopher Cross,                                 Sexy Girl - Glen Frey,                                    Alibis - Sergio Mendes,                                       She Loves Me - James Ingram,                                  Somebody's Eyes - Karla Bonoff,                             If Ever You're In My Arms Again - Peabo Bryson,                                  I Just Called To Say I Love YOu - Stevie Wonder,                                Hard Habit To Break - Chicago,                                    Something Said Live - Rita Coolidge,                                      Taking It All To Hard - Genesis,                                        Missing You - John Waite,                                           Straight From the heart - Coyote Sisters,                                  I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman,                                Turn Around - Neil Diamond,                               Sad Songs Say So Much - Elton John,                                                    Stuck On You - Lionel Richie,                                If This Is It - Huey Lewis and the News,                              Drive - Cars,                                 Hold Me - Teddy Pendergrass,                                What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner,                                       All of You - Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross,                             and                           Leave a Tender Moment Alone - Billy Joel.                  WOW!!!!!        AND THERE ARE SEVEN OTHERS!!!        You just cannot beat it.  And remember that lp's have far more audio fidelity and  quality than do CD's.  Especially, when the shows are in such pristine quality.  You really need this show in your collection.            You have a unique opportunity to get some of the best shows ever made.   All the  artists featured in this series helped define rock music through their work.  You will hear not only great tunes. but also interviews and stories about the artists  and their music that you have never heard before.   The soundtrack of our lives were shaped by this music and  you will reminisce thinking of those people, events and where you were in your life.    The stereo lp version of this show was only sent to the top 175 Metro markets. Smaller markets had to take the satellite feed.  So at the very most there were only 175 copies of each show ever.  How many survived as did the ones I have is anyone's guess.  but you can own one of them!!!              Remember, when you buy this show, not only will you own the tunes but also interspersed between songs is fascinating commentary on the artists and songs.  Also, keep in mind that this and all the oldies shows  I offer to you are not just about the music - the music can be found anywhere.  It is the mixture of great music and great announcing that makes it so entertaining.  As well, it is a piece of radio history.  You just aren't going to find these shows anymore.  Think of what they will be worth in a few years!  (IF you wanted to sell.)  I am selling to share with other music lovers what I was able to get at a reasonable price; in fact, believe it or not, I paid a lot more than you will because I tried to get the entire collection of this syndicated show.  I almost made it but then the sources dried up.  The dj from whom I bought the ones I had left the station,  and subsequent ones I bought were hit or miss in terms of what I had or did not have.  I finally gave up.  I am saving those shows I treasure the most and sharing the rest with you for very reasonable prices.  Those I do not sell, I will just keep!  Most people even enjoy the national commercials that are included on the show because some 25-30 years later they sound good!                                       Included on this show are                       Max Factor,                                Budweiser,                                Hormel Spam,                      Blue Nun,                                          Snickers       and more.      As you can see, only the Best National Advertisers, paid their money to advertise on this show.                     In fact, some people buy the shows for the commercials  they collect!                 Either way, it is a great show and would be a valuable addition to your collection.  As always, I charge only shipping on the first show you buy for U.S. buyers and discount the shipping for my international friends,  so the more you buy the more money you will save.  Good Luck and God Bless You.